Based on a comparison of 68 countries in 2021, China ranked the highest in railways passengers carried measured by mil passenger-km with 946,499 mil km followed by Japan and India. On the other end of the scale was Albania with 0.812 mil km, Dem. Republic of the Congo with 7.25 mil km and Bosnia and Herzegovina with 15.0 mil km.
Data for more countries are available at Railways Passengers Carried (mil passenger-km) indicator page.
| Railways Passengers Carried (mil passenger-km) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Brazil | mil km | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 15,877 | 15,648 | 15,807 | 16,422 | 16,486 | ... | ... | ||
| China | mil km | 1,109,312 | 1,160,059 | 1,266,681 | 1,361,715 | 1,438,606 | ||||||||||||||||
| France | mil km | 104,849 | 104,207 | 110,568 | 107,958 | 112,384 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | mil km | 91,603 | 94,197 | 95,530 | 98,170 | 102,026 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| India | mil km | 1,147,190 | 1,143,039 | 1,149,835 | 1,177,699 | 1,157,174 | ||||||||||||||||
| Indonesia | mil km | 22,296 | 21,636 | 15,558 | 16,932 | 29,066 | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Italy | mil km | 52,207 | 52,178 | 53,231 | 55,493 | 56,586 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | mil km | 427,486 | 431,799 | 437,363 | 441,614 | 435,063 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Poland | mil km | 17,367 | 19,175 | 20,319 | 21,043 | 22,056 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | mil km | 120,413 | 124,461 | 122,920 | 129,371 | 133,381 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Korea | mil km | 68,371 | 86,871 | 89,964 | 92,193 | 100,381 | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Spain | mil km | 26,142 | 26,670 | 27,487 | 28,434 | 28,835 | ||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | mil km | 20,389 | 20,812 | 20,865 | 20,613 | 21,737 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | mil km | 36,044 | 35,892 | 33,256 | 31,963 | 32,483 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | mil km | 76,060 | 78,229 | 79,496 | 80,980 | 82,550 | ... |
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